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Folly Arch – Cole Green Station loop from High Barnet

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Folly Arch – Cole Green Station loop from High Barnet

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5.0

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11

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Folly Arch – Cole Green Station loop from High Barnet

03:44

61.5km

490m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 23, 2026

Tips

Includes segments that go up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 55 m for 7 m

After 61.5 km for 7 m

Waypoints

A

Start point

Train Station

1

1.64 km

Hadley Green Pond

Highlight • Viewpoint

Perched above North London, Hadley Green acts as a gateway on the nicest way out and back into the city. A good spot to pause and feed the ducks before cycling through Barnet and down the hill back to 'town'.

Tip by

2

8.06 km

Folly Arch

Highlight • Monument

Very pretty arch and view through it. Bench to grab a quick break

Tip by

3

15.0 km

St Mary’s Church

Highlight • Historical Site

Good rest stop after the hill climbs

Tip by

4

18.0 km

Letty Green

Highlight • Other

really pretty little hamlet

Tip by

5

18.5 km

Cole Green Station

Highlight • Parking

The Cole Green station was part of the Cole Green Way which is a rail trail which runs east-west from the eastern edge of Welwyn Garden City to Hertford in Hertfordshire

Tip by

20.0 km

High Grove

Forest

7

22.4 km

Bluebell Woodland

Highlight • Viewpoint

It is a nice place to see a woodland full of bluebells, not sure how long they last.

Tip by

23.3 km

Flexleys Wood

Forest

9

38.5 km

Sherrardspark Wood Local Nature Reserve

Highlight • Forest

Western end of the traffic-free section of the Ayot Greenway (Sustrans Route 57) between Ayot Green and Welwyn Garden City.

Tip by

10

47.8 km

South Way Pedestrian and Cycle Bridge

Highlight • Cycleway

Useful bridge to cycle over the busy South Way roundabout

Tip by

B

61.5 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

34.9 km

21.0 km

4.02 km

970 m

361 m

258 m

103 m

Surfaces

55.8 km

5.23 km

231 m

130 m

114 m

< 100 m

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Highest point (130 m)

Lowest point (50 m)

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Weather

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Thursday 22 October

13°C

7°C

92 %

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